David Lane POWERS

(1896-1968)

POWERS, David Lane, a
Representative from New Jersey; born in Philadelphia, Pa., July 29,
1896; attended the public schools, and was graduated from
Pennsylvania Military College at Chester in 1915; during the First
World War was commissioned a second lieutenant on August 15, 1917;
promoted to first lieutenant and served as battalion adjutant in
the Eight Hundred and Seventh Pioneer Infantry; moved to Trenton,
N.J., in 1919 and engaged in the building business; member of the
State house of assembly 1928-1930; elected as a Republican to the
Seventy-third and to the six succeeding Congresses and served from
March 4, 1933, until his resignation on August 30, 1945, to become
a member of the Public Utilities Commission of New Jersey, a post
he held until retirement in 1967; died in Feasterville, Pa., March
28, 1968; interment in Riverview Cemetery, Trenton, N.J.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present